Flotilla Sailing Blues

Papapete5

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WELL I CAME OUT HERE ONE FINE SPRING DAY
TO SOW SOME WILD OATS
WOKE UP ONE MORNING , FOUND MYSELF
ASSIGNED TO SCRUBBING BOATS
THE BOSS HAD SAID, COME HERE MY BOY
A FINER JOB THERE AIN’T
BUT WHEN I CREPT INTO THAT BILGE
I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD FAINT

I GOT BAD NEWS, I GOT FLOTILLA SAILING BLUES
INSTEAD OF SUN AND LOCAL WINES, I END UP SORTING ANCHOR LINES

WELL THE SEASON CAME AND WENT MY FRIENDS
AND WITH IT SO DID I
THE BOATS CAME OUT, THE SUN WENT IN
I STARTED LOOKING FOR A FLIGHT
THE SUMMER I’D SPENT IN SAILING HELL
I TRIED TO LEAVE BEHIND ME
BUT MEMORIES OF SUNSET SAILS
CAME RUNNING BACK TO FIND ME

I GOT BAD NEWS, I GOT FLOTILLA SAILING BLUES
STUCK IN A PUB AND FEELING SAD,
FLOTILLA SAILING DON’T SEEM SO BAD

CHANGING A BROKEN TOILET
I WOULDN’T LET IT GET TOME
RUBBIN DOWN OLD ANTIFOUL
I THINK THEY’LL MANAGE WITHOUT ME
PUNTERS DRAGGIN ANCHORS
OUT IN GOOD OLD LAKKA BAY
IT’S FINALLY TIME FOR A PINT OF BEER
I’M CALLING IT A DAY

I GOT GOOD NEWS, I’VE GOT FLOTILLA SAILING BLUES
I GOT GOOD NEWS, I’VE GOT FLOTILLA SAILING BLUES
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Papapete5

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Wow that was quick!
This where i must come clean I never worked on flotilla, but i had a lot of friends who did (and do). I did work in the boatyard though, and i like writing songs(and singing them too!)
yes it is Gouvia by the way.
Do you like the song, I wrote it in 1998 and i am looking for some belated recognition

Is that sad or what?
 

longjohnsadler

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Well I see you got your brand new leopard-skin Musto hat.
Yes I see you got your brand new leopard-skin Musto hat
Well you must tell me baby
How your head feels under something like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin Musto hat.

Oh yeah,
Well you look so pretty in it.
Honey can I jump on it sometime?
Yes I just wanna see
If its really that expensive kind
You know it balances on your head
Just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
Your brand new leopard-skin Musto hat...
 

winchservicing

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It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this.

It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this.

It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this.

It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this.

It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this.

It was a wet and windy night! when the captain said to me.
“Jim boy, I’m going to tell you a story”!
And the story goes something like this........

Not quite the same when you’re sober!!

Never got to know the rest, if I did i've forgotten it-can't think why!!!
 

reginaldon

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My Dad told me that one some 70 years ago - the variation was 'the captain said to the lieutenant' - I think it came from the 'Andrew'
 
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